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GLEE: 4 MILLION ALBUMS AND 10 MILLION SONGS SOLD WORLDWIDE!
Glee: The Music, Journey To Regionals dominates the Billboard Top 200 Album chart this week at #1 with a remarkable 152,000 units sold in its debut week. This marks the third consecutive #1 debut for the Glee franchise (Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna and Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers also debuted at #1). Fans yearning for more Glee music helped Glee: The Music, Journey To Regionals eclipse the highly anticipated The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack for the #1 spot. Fox’s hit comedy garnered an astounding 11.1 million in audience for its season one finale on June 8 making it the highest rated new series finale this year.
Glee has celebrated for invigorating both the music and television landscape with its unique style, incredible cast and innovative approach to pop music. Veteran rock icon Steve Perry, whose seen some of his hits reach new audiences praised the show by saying “Glee has opened up a international catalog of songwriting and introduced those songs to a whole new generation that would have otherwise never heard them.” To date over 10 million Glee songs have been digitally downloaded and over 4 million Glee albums sold worldwide. This week all five Glee releases occupy slots within Billboard’s top 50 best selling albums (Glee: The Music, Journey To Regionals at #1, Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers at #7, Glee: The Music, Volume 1 at #37, Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna at #46 and Glee: The Music, Volume 2 at #48).
Glee makes its triumphant return to primetime Tuesdays at 8:00 PM ET/PT this fall on Fox.
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The Gay Stars of Glee Rack Up Emmy Nominations
Who says you can’t be successful and openly gay in Hollywood? Well, sure, there’s former Newsweek journalist Ramin Setoodeh, and comedienne Joan Rivers. But if you look at today’s list of Emmy nominations, it looks like these two have been proven pretty wrong, at least when it comes to the world of television.Both Jane Lynch and Chris Colfer of TV’s Glee racked up Emmy nods, helping the hit Fox show receive more nominations than any other show on the tube (19 nominations total). Pretty awesome, and it caps off a summer for Lynch that has been quite eventful, given that the star was married in Massachusetts just a few weeks ago.
Glee also picked up a nod for Best Comedy, which is a testament to the show’s openly gay creator, Ryan Murphy. And the LGBT television fun doesn’t stop there.
Actress/TV host Wanda Sykes? Nominated (for I’ma Be Me). Actor Neil Patrick Harris? Nominated (for How I Met Your Mother). Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson? Nominated (for Modern Family). Actor/legend Sir Ian McKellan? Nominated (for The Prisoner). Actor Alan Cumming? Nominated (for The Good Wife). Actress Lily Tomlin? Nominated (for Damages).
Sheesh, what a pool of LGBT talent.
Check out the full list here (pdf). And of course, as Maia Spotts wrote here a few weeks ago, it’s worth repeating that there are no such things as gay actors, only gay parts. Maia wrote back then, “An actor is an actor is an actor, and each one brings a different set of skills to the stage. Maybe if we can concentrate on the character, and the story, and the emotional arc, which is what we’re supposed to do, then it won’t matter if someone is out or not. It will just matter if they’re good.”
So here’s to recognizing this pool of actors, actresses and comediennes not only because of their sexual orientation. But rather, because they’re damn good at what they do.
Photo credit: AMMY.LOU
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“Glee” Apparel Line Hits Macy’s Stores This Week
By Anthony Jones
AHN Entertainment Reporter
Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – As “Glee” fandom and anticipation for its upcoming second season hits a fever pitch, Macy’s along with Fox Consumer Products is rolling out their exclusive “Glee” apparel line this week.Hitting all Macy’s stores on August 15th, fans of the show can pretend their going back-to-school to William McKinley High with their Cheerios athletic gear, fashion tops, and hoodies.
Among the items featured in the line, which will range from $19.99 to $34.99, are “Glee” logo tees and screen-printed tops featuring lyrics and phrases like “Don’t Stop Believing.”
“’Glee’ fans or ‘Gleeks’ just don’t watch the show, ¬they live it,” said Robert Marick, EVP of Fox Consumer Products. “This retail launch will provide fans a very personal way to extend the ‘Glee’ experience and express their own ‘Glee’ personality. Macy’s has treated this launch as the kind of event that is a true homage to the show.”
Select Macy’s stores in Herald Square, NY, Union Square, CA, State Street, IL, Miami Dadeland, FL, South Coast Plaza, Orange County and the Beverly Center in Los Angeles will all feature special in-store displays including actual wardrobes from the show.
While the Macy’s shoppers can go back-to-school with “Glee” this week, “Glee” won’t return to Fox with the premiere of its second season, which is set to feature nods to Britney Spears and “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” until September 21st.
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Darren Criss Joins Cast of ‘Glee’ as a Gay Student
As the new fall season picks up steam, the TV smash hit ‘Glee’ has added a new character to be played by Darren Criss. Rumors have been swirling that Criss could eventually become a love interest for Chris Colfer’s character.
Criss will play a gay student named Blaine from the Dalton Academy Warblers, a rival glee club.
Although it’s only speculation at this point, it’s been hinted that Colfer and Criss could become boyfriends, at least according to Michael Ausiello who said:
“Blaine … will maintain a strictly platonic friendship with McKinley High’s most out and proud pupil,” the Hollywood insider wrote. “But could that change as the season progresses? Yes, it could.”
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‘Glee’ to Air Anti-Bully Episode
Ryan Murphy, the creator of the smash TV hit “Glee” is going into action to try to help LGBT youth to deal with harassment and bullying by devoting an upcoming episode of the show to bullied LGBT youth.
According to the Toronto Sun:
The writer is hoping the hit show, which features a gay high school student played by Chris Colfer, will show fans struggling with their sexuality how to cope with any taunts aimed at them.
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Glee creator Ryan Murphy has called Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill a “homophobe” for comments he made about the show.
The row started after the band refused permission for their song ‘Use Somebody’ to be included in the gay-friendly comedy.
Murphy called the band “self-centred assholes” and accused them of “missing the big picture”.
Kings Of Leon singer Caleb Followill said he was “shocked” by Murphy’s reaction and said it was normal practice to refuse licences when a song had been over-promoted.
But drummer Nathan Followill hit out on Twitter, writing “Dear Ryan Murphy, let it go. See a therapist, get a manicure, buy a new bra. Zip your lip and focus on educating 7yr olds how to say f*ck.”
He then added: “I’m sorry 4 anyone that misconstrued my comments as homophobic or misogynistic. I’m so not that kind of person. I really do apologize.”
Murphy fired back “Wow. That’s a homophobe badly in need of some education.”
He told gossip blog Perez Hilton: “I’m all for manicures, don’t wear a bra. Would guess most gay dudes don’t.
“But it’s telling that Nathan can reduce a group of people to a mean-spirited cliché, in a time where young gay men are killing themselves all over the country because of hatred like this.”
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